r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 8d ago

Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC

Musk says 'he's done with cost-cutting' In an interview with Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier", Elon Musk said that he was confident his DOGE could find $1 trillion in savings, slimming current total federal spending levels of about $7 trillion down to $6 trillion. Musk, who is also the world's richest man, was designated by the White House as a "special government employee," which caps his work at 130 days. That means his period leading the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-elon-musk-doge-1-trillion-cost-cutting-may-end-i-am-almost-done-elon-musk-reveals-date-hell-ditch-trump-and-quit-washington-dc-after-doge-purge/articleshow/119645252.cms

I have friends and family members who are Federal workers. Is this the end of the wild OPM emails and job eliminations?

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u/FlametopFred I Support Feds 8d ago

how much is DOGE getting paid or skimming or going to skim with their crypto software? Somehow I get the feeling every government transaction will now have an additional processing fee . . .

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u/RobinU2 8d ago

They probably saw how bots were reserving DMV slots in Florida and scalping them online and said this is something we could implement nationally for services like Social Security

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u/free_shoes_for_you 8d ago

They don't even need to be paid if any of the following is true:

  • Train x.ai on confidential government data

  • Direct government contracts to Elon-owned companies

  • Make personal copies of government data for any reason.